It was nearing one in the morning by the time they'd started heading home. Eddie found himself grabbing the girl's arm here and there, feeling like he could fall over at any moment.
"why'd your mom do it?" Eddie finally worked up the courage to ask, motioning towards her wrists, subtly referring to the attempted suicide. She laughed. After taking another sip from the bottle-to-go, more slowly this time, her face hardened and she looked down at the ground. Eddie could tell she was thinking of how to explain. Her eyes were squinted and her eyebrows furrowed. Finally she looked up at him briefly.
"uhhm. yeah, well i don't really know if i should talk about it." She looked away again, nodding to herself.
Eddie saw a flash of pain cross her face before looking back at him and smiling. Her eyes were watery, yet she kept smiling.
"That's okay." He said quickly and quietly, touching her shoulder to reaffirm his statement. After seeing her nod again and sniffle, he let out a nervous chuckle and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, continuing walking down the old sidewalk. They both wobbled quite a bit, evoking more drunk laughter.
In an attempt to change the subject, and quite honestly just getting distracted, Eddie lazily pointed off towards another street. "That there, may very well just be the same pole i ran into when a few years ago."
She giggled, stopping them in their tracks so she could admire the pole. "Tall isn't it?"
"Yeah. Almost as tall as buildings in New York."
They both looked at eachother and lost it. Eddie watched as she ducked her head and hit her leg, taken over with goofy, breathless laughter. Her hair was blowing everywhere, giving her a sort of mystical look. As she raised her head, he noticed her dimples for the first time and couldn't help but smile.
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A little while later they'd found themselves in front of her rather small house, of which was hidden behind an army of trees. They stood there and looked at the house, both contemplating what was to come next.
"Ok, well-" Eddie began, staking a step back and slapping his hands together.
"Ok, yeah." She nodded and motioned towards the door.
"Yeah."
"Alright." With that, she turned around and walked towards her home.
Eddie stood there and watched her. After she'd stumbled through the door, he waved to the house and went on his way.
Tonight was a good night.
He thought to himself.
Yeah. It was good.
He repeated, with a smile. It quickly faded when he thought about where he was going though.
I don't even have a home..
kind of short, i know. It's been a busy week and im pretty tired. Will aim to write more this weekend though ;) feel free to leave feedback, its very appreciated : )
